# Mimosa
## Translingual
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Mimosa f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – mimosas.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Mimoseae - tribe

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Mimosa sensitiva - type species; Mimosa aculeaticarpa, Mimosa acutistipula, Mimosa adpressa, Mimosa affinis, Mimosa albida, Mimosa arenosa, Mimosa artemisiana, Mimosa asperata, Mimosa bahamensis, Mimosa bimucronata, Mimosa blanchettii, Mimosa brachycarpa, Mimosa caesalpiniifolia, Mimosa calodendron, Mimosa camporum, Mimosa casta, Mimosa ceratonia, Mimosa debilis, Mimosa diplotricha, Mimosa distachya, Mimosa distans, Mimosa dolens, Mimosa dormiens, Mimosa dysocarpa, Mimosa emoryana, Mimosa ephedroides, Mimosa farinosa, Mimosa filipes, Mimosa flagellaris, Mimosa flocculosa, Mimosa grahamii, Mimosa guilandinae, Mimosa hamata, Mimosa incana, Mimosa invisa, Mimosa laticifera, Mimosa luisana, Mimosa malacophylla, Mimosa mensicola, Mimosa myriadena, Mimosa nuda, Mimosa ophthalmocentra, Mimosa orthocarpa, Mimosa palmeri, Mimosa pellita, Mimosa pigra, Mimosa polyantha, Mimosa polycarpa, Mimosa polydactyla, Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant), Mimosa quadrivalvis, Mimosa ramulosa, Mimosa rubicaulis, Mimosa rufescens, Mimosa scabrella, Mimosa schomburgkii, Mimosa sensibilis, Mimosa skinneri, Mimosa somnians, Mimosa strigillosa, Mimosa tenuiflora, Mimosa tricephala, Mimosa uliginosa, Mimosa uraguensis, Mimosa velloziana, Mimosa verrucosa, Mimosa xanthocentra (other species)

### References

* Mimosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mimosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Mimosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Mimosa at USDA Plants database
* Mimosa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
* Mimosa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
* Mimosa at Tropicos
* Mimosa at The Plant List

## English
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Proper noun

Mimosa
* The star Beta Crucis.

##### Synonyms

* Becrux

### Etymology 2

Variously from the beverage mimosa and plants of the genus Mimosa. (Can this etymology be sourced?)
The etymology of the Ontario location is uncertain.

#### Proper noun

Mimosa
* Names of towns:
** A rural locality in the Central Highlands Region of Queensland.
** An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Tennessee.
** (historical) A former hamlet in the Erin township of Wellington County, Ontario.
* A mine in Zvishavane District, Midlands Province, Zimbabwe: the Mimosa mine.

##### Derived terms

* Mimosa Hall

#### References

* Stephen Thorning (2000 November 10) “Mimosa was important hamlet in Erin Township”, in The Wellington Advertiser‎; reprinted as Thorning Revisited, 2023 November 1
* William Cooke (2016 July 8) “The Lost Hamlet of Mimosa”, in Stalking Dead People‎ (blog)

#### Further reading

* Mimosa, Queensland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Mimosa, Tennessee on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Maoism

## Finnish
### Etymology

From the plant genus Mimosa during the latter half of the 20th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmimosɑ/, [ˈmimo̞s̠ɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -imosɑ
* Syllabification: Mi‧mo‧sa

### Proper noun

Mimosa
* a female given name
** 2011, Anna Tommola, Seitsemäs käsiala ja muita kertomuksia, WSOY, →ISBN, page 11:Mitä valtavampi mies, sitä sirompi ja pikkuisempi oli Mimosa. Kuin keiju. Kuin kukka. Siksi hän vaihtoi nimensäkin, hänhän oli herkkä.The larger the man, the smaller and more graceful Mimosa was. Like a fairy, like a flower. That's why she changed her name too, she was tender.

#### Usage notes

* Mimosa (since 1973) = Panacea/Falbala of the Asterix comic books.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Mimosa (Kotus type 11/omena, no gradation) :

#### Statistics

* Mimosa is the 359th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 1,180 female individuals (and as a middle name to 1,346 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

### Anagrams

* sammio